[PATCH] 2.5.50 apm.c better printk messages about workaround.

From: Hiroshi Miura (miura@da-cha.org)
Date: Tue Dec 03 2002 - 00:28:19 EST

Hello,

I post patch about work around for a broken bios.
Pavel comments and i think it is reasonable and better.

this patch fix printk message in 2.5.50.

--- linux-2.5.50/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c 2002-12-03 07:59:30.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.5.50-geode/arch/i386/kernel/apm.c 2002-12-03 14:04:11.000000000 +0900
@@ -2054,12 +2054,14 @@
                         _set_limit((char *)&cpu_gdt_table[i][APM_DS >> 3],
                                 (apm_info.bios.dseg_len - 1) & 0xffff);
                       /* workaround for broken BIOSes */
- if (apm_info.bios.cseg_len <= apm_info.bios.offset)
+ if (apm_info.bios.cseg_len <= apm_info.bios.offset) {
                                 _set_limit((char *)&cpu_gdt_table[i][APM_CS >> 3], 64 * 1024 -1);
- if (apm_info.bios.dseg_len <= 0x40) { /* 0x40 * 4kB == 64kB */
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "apm: broken bios -- code segment too short, assuming 64k");
+ }
+ if (apm_info.bios.dseg_len <= 0x40) { /* 0x40 * 4kB == 64kB */
                                 /* for the BIOS that assumes granularity = 1 */
                                 cpu_gdt_table[i][APM_DS >> 3].b |= 0x800000;
- printk(KERN_NOTICE "apm: we set the granularity of dseg.\n");
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "apm: broken bios -- assuming granularity 1 on dseg");
                         }
                 }
 #endif 

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